genus mucuna

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   genus of tropical herbs and woody vines having trifoliate leaves and showy flowers in axillary clusters

   SynonymsStizolobiumgenus Stizolobium

   Broaderrosid dicot genus

   Part ofPapilionoideae

Questions about genus mucuna

What does genus mucuna mean?

genus mucuna means "genus of tropical herbs and woody vines having trifoliate leaves and showy flowers in axillary clusters".

What is another word for genus mucuna?

Close synonyms include Stizolobium, genus Stizolobium. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is genus mucuna a common word?

genus mucuna is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.